'NOTHING TO REPORT'

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Brailsford, who led British Cycling to incredible success at the Olympics before winning four of the last five Tour de France titles with Sky, admitted he contradicted himself in the media.

The 52-year-old has also been accused of burying his head in the sand over the scandal.

Brailsford told The Cycling Podcast: "From what was a very small fire, if you like I inadvertently threw a huge amount of petrol on it and two and two equals ten now.

"I hold my hand up here, I haven't done a very good job of this one, unfortunately, and have probably made the situation worse.

"I should have waited until the whole of the picture was complete and I had all of the facts and I could have said 'OK, this is what happened and this is where we're at' instead of being seen to contradict myself."

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Bradley Wiggins was one of the favourites for the 2011 Tour de France but crashed out on stage sevenCredit: AP

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Bradley Wiggins appeared on the Andrew Marr show to defend his recordCredit: PA:Press Association

Wiggins, who became the first British rider to win the Tour de France, took injections of triamcinilone before the 2012 race that he won, as he had done a year before and ahead of the 2013 Giro d'Italia.

Wiggins claims he has suffered from a pollen allergy.

Brailsford claims Sky have had 13 in-competition TUEs in their six-year history.

When asked if he did anything wrong, he added: "No. I think that I trusted the people involved, I trusted the process and I trusted the system. It didn't feel to me at the time that for sure. I didn't have any cause for concern or any question of not doing it the right way.

"There were no alarm bells ringing in my head. You look back and think - should there have been? I look at where we were at, the people involved and specialists, etc.

"I think 100 per cent, I'd have done the same thing again."

To listen to the complete interview from The Cycling Podcast, click here